Selected work

Three years of UAE-coded show props: Union Day boxes, Eid Al Etihad palms, NHM ember props.

Working production partner to the People & Co creative team since 2023. They bring the concept, NSQD scopes the build path and delivers on the install date. Three projects in sequence.

3 years Production partner since 2023

Union Day 2023: Diorama boxes

Brief. A series of diorama boxes for the Union Day activation, each a freeze-frame from a chapter of the UAE story. Tactile, biodegradable materials, no plastic.

Process. Grey-board panels CO2-cut from 2 mm stock. Clean kerf, no scorch on the cut face. Hand-painted in water-based pigments with full dry time between coats. Dry-fitted before final bond, then crated for transport.

Assembled Union Day diorama with grey-board palm trees, grasses and a central walkway — Assembled composition on the left. Layered cliff buildup on the right, LED strips routing in before final bond.

Layered grey-board cliff cutouts being assembled on the workshop bench with LED strips routed in — Assembled composition on the left. Layered cliff buildup on the right, LED strips routing in before final bond.

Outcome. Installed in the venue ahead of doors. Boxes held through the run of the activation and were composted at end-of-life.

Eid Al Etihad 2024: Palm fronds at scale

Brief. A field of large-scale palm fronds for the Eid Al Etihad main show. Venue-scale visual presence, full biodegradability, one-night strike for clean load-out.

Process. Metal armatures fabricated and powder-coated for the spine of each frond. Biodegradable non-woven fabric direct-printed with the leaf graphic on ECO solvent, colour-locked to the production palette. Each frond hand-assembled, weighted at the base, and quality-checked on the floor before crating.

Pair of palm fronds with metal armature spines and printed fabric leaves, mid-fabrication on the NSQD rooftop — Built on the floor. Lit on the broadcast.

The field of palm fronds erected at venue scale during the Eid Al Etihad live broadcast — Built on the floor. Lit on the broadcast.

Outcome. Erected during venue load-in. Held visual through the broadcast. Struck and broken down within the contracted window; armatures returned to stock, fabric composted.

Natural History Museum 2026: Ember props

Brief. Glowing-ember props for the opening night of the Natural History Museum. Carried by performing cast through a live televised sequence. Light had to be warm, controllable, and reliable enough for broadcast.

Process. Translucent shells 3D-printed in resin and chemically polished for diffusion. RGB LED modules with onboard battery specced to a colour temperature matched to the broadcast lighting. Each prop bench-tested through a full run before handover.

Translucent 3D-printed ember shell powered up in the workshop, with internal RGB lighting visible through the print layers — Bench-tested in the workshop. In hand on the broadcast. Broadcast still courtesy of People & Co.

Cupped hands cradling a glowing orange ember prop during the Natural History Museum live broadcast — Bench-tested in the workshop. In hand on the broadcast. Broadcast still courtesy of People & Co.

Zero prop failures across the live run.

Outcome. Used by cast on live broadcast. No prop failures across the run. Returned to inventory for the museum’s continuing programme.